Table 2 Demographics and clinical characteristics
From: Posterior quadrant epilepsy surgery: case series of a South American hospital
Population (n(%)) | ||||
Men | 8 (61.5) | |||
Age (years) | Mean (IQR) | |||
Diagnosis | 8.8 (7.6) | |||
Surgery | 25 (15) | |||
Onset symptoms (median (RQ)) | 8 (9) | |||
Features | Median (IQR) | |||
Ictal frequencya | 3 (13.5) | |||
Crisis-free time (months) | 1 (2) | |||
Number of medicines | 3 (2) | |||
Type of aura | ELO | ELP | PCE | Total (%) |
Complex hallucinations | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (7) |
Simple hallucinations | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (14) |
Negative visual | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (7) |
Flicker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (7) |
Somatosensory | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (7) |
Cognitive | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (7) |
Vertigo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (7) |
No aura | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 (43) |